UKRI have announced round 10 of the Future Leaders Fellowships, supporting early career researchers and innovators for up to seven years, during their development to research or innovation leadership. Projects are…
Embedding impact-focussed work into early careers in research is an exciting way to extend positive academic culture and contribute to societal good. This blog was written by Millie McCallum, currently undertaking her…
Understanding how illness and disease might be experienced by another person is easier said than done. Yet, with the advent of virtual reality (VR), there are growing possibilities. Virtual reality transcends physical…
Commanders on the battlefield face a wide range of complex decisions. While military planners can draw on decades of precedent to inform their choices in some situations, other scenarios are much more ‘grey’ – calling…
For a week in each of February and March Dr Claire Cousins visited Mars analogue sites in Orkney and Iceland with Glasgow-based contemporary artist Ilana Halperin and Art Historian Dr Catriona McAra (Univ. Aberdeen)…
The Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU) has been shaping how we use research to inform and change policy and practice since 2001. Housed within the Department of Management and led by Dr Vicky Ward, RURU aims…
Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of domestic abuse. From 2021-22, Police Scotland recorded 64,807 cases of domestic abuse. According to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, most incidents of domestic…
Coming to the Byre Theatre in October 2024 is an art exhibition entitled ‘Palimpself’, exploring the relationship between language, memory, and materiality in the work of Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux.…
The stories we tell shape the world around us. How narratives throughout time have shaped war and conflict are central ideas of Visualising War and Peace research projects by Dr Alice König of the School of Classics.…
In the movement toward sustainability, recycling, waste, and plastics have assumed major significance in global conversations. But understanding how plastic recycling and waste management can align with people and…